Major Parkinson – A Night at the Library
Apollon Records
10,0/10,0
Brief:
In the early days of Covid lockdown, Major Parkinson did a scaled down streaming concert from the music room at Bergen Public Library.
Stripped down to the core, their songs were able to shine in a much more vulnerable way than usual, something that resonated well with their fans all around the world in what we all hoped would be a short hiccup in normal existence.
Their music is mixture of pop sensibility with various forms of rock – from hardcore to progressive rock. While listening to their music, one can hear influences from Tom Waits, Procol Harum, Jethro Tull, Kansas, System of a Down, Kaizers Orchestra, among others.
Major Parkinson is a chaos manifest, a band completely devoid of musical boundaries, a tsunami of energy, every concert a carnivorous, intense and surreal rock circus.
Tracklist:
1 – Lover, Lower Me Down
2 – Black River
3 – The Wheelbarrow
4 – Beaks of Benevola
5 – Strawberry Suicide
6 – Isabel: a Report to an Academy
7 – Baseball
8 – Night Hitcher
9 – Before the Helmets
10 – Jonah
11 – Heart of Hickory
Main Focus Tracks:
1 – Lover, Lower Me Down
6 – Isabel: a Report to an Academy
7 – Baseball
8 – Night Hitcher
9 – Before the Helmets
10 – Jonah
Other Recommended Tracks:
2 – Black River
3 – The Wheelbarrow
4 – Beaks of Benevola
Line-Up:
Jon Ivar Kollbotn – vocals
Claudia Cox – violin
Lars Christian Bjørknes – piano
Sondre Veland – drums
Comments:
A Night at the Library is undoubtedly an essential album in the progressive rock genre in particular and even in rock in general! A masterpiece of progressive rock music!
CONTACTS:
Major Parkinson
VIDEOS:
Selected Discography:
Major Parkinson – 2008
Songs from a Solitary Home – 2010
Twilight Cinema – 2014
Blackbox – 2017